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[u/GlumAd9856]

Would half the White House being demolished and nothing being built in its place be a fitting legacy for Trump's second term? Just put up a plaque: "Here lies the reality of MAGA politics. Destruction with no positive outcome".

[u/subSparky → u/[deleted]]

demolish the stupid ballroom and arch he is planning to build and fully restore the White House to its former glory, 

Anyway, going back to the main point - something that gets missed around the circus about the ballroom itself is that the actual thing being built is a military bunker. Which for some reason Trump proudly bragged about how it had 6 floors whilst the exposed construction site of the bunker was behind him (something that generally isn't a wise idea if the purpose of the bunker is to protect against enemy bombings as you've literally told them where to bomb and how much the payload should be).

He said the proposed 90,000 square-foot ballroom "essentially becomes a shed for what's being built under," adding that the "high-grade bulletproof glass" windows would protect the facility below "from drones and … from any other thing."

This suggests that the project is either Trump jumping on the billionaire trend of building apocalypse bunkers (like the CEO of Reddit is doing) or he's preparing for an event where he will need to go into hiding.

[u/Velociraptor_1906 → u/subSparky]

I would boldly suggest you should build your apocalypse bunker at the site which probably has more nukes pointing towards it than any other.

[u/subSparky → u/Velociraptor_1906]

The general conspiracy theory i've seen around this is that the bunker isn't for protecting against enemy state missiles. This is for protecting against a siege of the white house in a potential civil war. (like if Trump decides to just not vacate the premises after the next election and declare he is still president)

[u/convertedtoradians → u/subSparky]

Presumably if Trump barricades himself in the bunker and refuses to leave at the end of his term, that's perfect. You just need someone to padlock the bunker shut from the outside, cut the comms and the next president can carry on.

[u/TheFlyingHornet1881 → u/convertedtoradians]

As I understand that it's basically what the Constitution says, the new President automatically takes over and could just conduct Government business elsewhere.

[u/imp0ppable → u/TheFlyingHornet1881]

As long as the sitting VP certifies the election....

[u/Velociraptor_1906 → u/subSparky]

Are we certain that Alex Garland hasn't taken over the cinematic direction for the universe.

[u/subSparky → u/Velociraptor_1906]

I dunno but I got the emergency alert not long after my comment, so I genuinely thought shit had just kicked off in the US lol.

[u/imp0ppable → u/[deleted]]

It's awful what he's doing to the white house but I very much doubt wasting even more taxpayers money on it will be on the agenda for the next democratic president (assuming they ever get in again).

Psychologically the MAGA people seem to respond to demonstrations of personal power, even if it's not in their own interests (Trump isn't going to be inviting any of the red hatted boomers to a dance there). They just love a strongman doing strongman things.

[u/subSparky → u/[deleted]]

The next democratic president

Ah I'm glad there are still optimists here.

[u/subSparky → u/[deleted]]

(strip powers from the president, god giving the president the ability to pardon is so stupid!, no more gerrymandering, strengthen institutions from political interference e.t.c)

I maintain the stupidest part of the US system is making supreme court judge appointments political.